Film Brockville is a grassroots community group that screens independent, foreign, documentary and Canadian films bi-weekly during the fall and winter.

This is its 24th season, said Chisamore, adding it is the 14th year at Galaxy, before which Film Brockville was at the Brockville Arts Centre for a decade.

The local non-profit organization brings independent films that wouldn’t necessarily be available otherwise in a smaller market.

Chisamore recalls Brockville was one of the first smaller communities to join the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) when it started its “Film Circuit,” an outreach effort that now includes more than 220 locations across Canada.

“This fantastic Canadian festival we have here, we bring pieces of it,” he said.

Film Brockville screens 16 films, twice a month over an eight-month period.

“We try to stick with the second and fourth week, but it’s not always possible,” said Chisamore.

But while Galaxy is a tremendous partner, it cannot always provide those time slots, he added.

The volunteer group chooses its films through the TIFF catalogue, and they also coordinate with the Brockville Arts Centre, which shows similar types of films, so they don’t double up.

Film Brockville’s second film will be “Hearts Beat Loud,” but Chisamore has not programmed any further titles this year.

“I want to be more current,” he said. “I want to stay a little more flexible.”

That includes seeing which films do well at TIFF, which is ongoing.

“Hearts Beat Loud,” which Chisamore describes as a coming-of-age story, is an attempt to bring a younger crowd to the theatre.

Film Brockville tends to lose money on some films and gain it back on others in the course of a season, all while fulfilling its mission, said Chisamore.

“You can still see stuff out of the mainstream,” he said.

It takes a crowd of about 85 to break even, and last year’s average crowd was 106, added Chisamore.

The group regularly donates any excess funds garnered from ticket sales to the local food bank. In its past season, it also donated some funds to Refugees for Brockville.

More detailed information is available on Film Brockville’s Facebook page.